KMVT

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KMVT
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Twin Falls, Idaho
Branding CBS 11
Channels Analog: 11 (VHF)

Digital: 16 (UHF)
Affiliations CBS
The CW (DT2)
Owner Neuhoff Family Limited Partnership
First air date May 30, 1955
Call letters’ meaning Magic
Valley
Television
Former callsigns KLIX-TV (1955-1957)
Former affiliations ABC, NBC (both secondary)
Transmitter Power 316 kW (analog)
50 kW (digital)
Height 323 m (analog)
284 m (digital)
Facility ID 35200
Transmitter Coordinates 42°43′46.9″N, 114°24′55″W
Website www.kmvt.com

KMVT is the CBS affiliate in Twin Falls, Idaho.[1] Its analog signal is broadcast over Channel 11. Its transmitter is located on Flat Top Butte near Jerome.

The station went on the air on June 1, 1955 using the call letters of its sister radio station, KLIX. It has been a CBS affiliate since sign-on; however, in its early years the station carried programs from ABC and NBC.

In 1957, Ogden, Utah businessman Abe Glasmann purchased the KLIX radio and TV stations and KUTV in Salt Lake City. Glasmann sold the radio station, which retained the call letters KLIX. He rechristened the TV station KMVT. "MVT" stood for "Magic Valley Television," reflecting the area's nickname of "Magic Valley."

In 1965 KMVT became the first television station in Idaho to broadcast local programs in color.

Western Broadcasting Company of Missoula, Montana, which operated KMSO-TV (now KECI) in Missoula, acquired KMVT in 1970. In 1984, control of the station was transferred to the Chapman S. Root 1982 Living Trust. The Catamount Broadcast Group acquired the station in 1998 and sold it to the Neuhoff family in 2004. Today KMVT Broadcasting Inc. is a subsidiary of the Neuhoff family limited partnership.

KMVT became the first station to air Apple Computers' famous "1984" commercial on December 15, 1983, in the 1:00 AM sign-off time slot, to ensure the ad would qualify for the year's advertising awards.

In September 2006, KMVT began carrying The CW network on its DT2 subchannel, which is also seen terrestrially on KTWT-LP channel 43.

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[edit] References

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ KMVT is also a public-access television station in Mountain View, California - KMVT 15 website

[edit] News/Station Presentation

[edit] Newscast Titles

  • TV-11 News (1970s-1982)
  • NewsScene (1982-1989)
  • Channel 11 News (1989-1996)
  • NewsChannel 11 (1996-2003)
  • KMVT News (2003-present)

[edit] See also

  • KMVT Television Tower
  • KTWT-LP
  • KTID-LP

[edit] External links

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Broadcast television in the Twin Falls market (Nielsen DMA #193)

KIDA 5 (Ind) - KMVT 11 (CBS/CW on DT2) - KIPT 13 (PBS/IPT) - KSVX 18 (ION) - KBGH 19 (Edu) - K25EV 25 (TBN) - KBAX 27 (A1) - KXTF 35 (FOX) - KTFT 38 (NBC) - KTWT-LP 43 (CW) - KCTF 45 (REL) - KSAW-LP 51 (ABC) - KCJY-LP 55 (JCTV) - KTID-LP 58 (ION)

Broadcast television available on cable only:

KSL 5 (NBC, Salt Lake City)
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CBS Network Affiliates in the state of Idaho
See also: ABC, CW, Fox, NBC, PBS and Other stations in Idaho
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